From Many Strands: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America: Ethnic and Racial Groups in Contemporary America

by Mary C. Waters and Stanley Lieberson

Book Overview

The 1980 Census introduced a radical change in the measurement of ethnicity by gathering information on ancestry for all respondents, regardless of how long ago their forebears migrated to America, and by allowing respondents of mixed background to list more than one ancestry. The result, presented for the first time in this important study, is a unique and sometimes startling picture of the nation's ethnic makeup. From Many Strands focuses on each...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871545276
• ISBN13: 9780871545275
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.